Word: aprill
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...April, the conservative group remains a more cohesive body of about 45-50 senior Faculty and much broader spectrum of views...
Four months and a summer later, an institution that many Faculty members hoped would disband after the April crisis still continues: the 'liberal' and 'conservative' Faculty caucuses...
...unity of the conservative group hints at one of the fundamental sources of disagreement between the caucuses, both last April and now: a difference in style. "Their side really believes more in arranging things in an orderly way beforehand," says John Womack, jr., assistant professor of History "in stream-lining things, managing things." The liberal group seems to prefer public decision-making...
Conservative members feel that despite the more formal procedure and communication, the boundaries and communication between the groups remains fluid. "My fear in April," says Wilson, "was that the Faculty would be divided into two or three or four bitterly warring factions and create a Berkeley-type situation...
...appointments of those involved, they say, had expired before the April crisis, and were waiting for Corporation approval when the occupation occurred. After the occupation, the Freund Committee had only circumstantial evidence that the four had been involved in the incident, but since the Committee had no jurisdiction to subpoena witnesses for a more thorough investigation. The disciplinary board decided it didn't have sufficient evidence to initiate proceedings...